Plesioselachus
| Plesioselachus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Interpretation according to Gess and Coates (2015) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Genus: | †Plesioselachus |
| Species: | †P. macracanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Plesioselachus macracanthus Anderson et al. 1999 | |
Plesioselachus is an extinct genus of Late Devonian (Famennian) cartilaginous fish with uncertain classification, which contains only one species, P. macracanthus from the Waterloo Farm lagerstätte in South Africa. Known from a single incomplete articulated skeleton and some isolated remains, it is characterized by having a long dorsal spine with length about one third of body length.